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To All Of The Father’s That Receive This Newsletter!
Larry Aldrich
Operations Manager I hope that you enjoy this day that is set aside for you to celebrate with those of your family
David Williams that are with you.
Program Director
This is your day. You may be an older father or a young father or perhaps a grandfather, but
Randy Hess we all like to show off our children or grandchildren. We like to boast about how good they
Maintenance Supervisor
are in sports or academic achievements. We all like to throw out our chest and say, “that’s
Larry O’Connor my kid.” However, in this world that we live in today, with all of the violence, disrespect
Greg Mann for parents and all adults that we see among young people—I wonder Dad, or we setting
Roger Klein the right example for them? Do they see Christ in our life everyday; the way we handle
disappointments and set backs in our life or maybe the little “white lies” that we say want
David McKnight hurt anyone and the small items we take from our place of employment that we say no one
Van Driver
will miss.
Solomona Talivaa
Maintenance
MY PRAYER IS THAT ALL FATHERS WILL TAKE THEIR
Darlene Whaley RIGHTFUL PLACE OF LEADERSHIP IN THE FAMILY.
Kitchen Manager
Take control and be the spiritual leader God wants you to be, that your wife wants you to be
and surprisingly the leader your children wants you to be. You may think that it is too late,
that everything is already out of control—but remember, nothing is impossible with God!
You and God make a majority and nothing can defeat a combination like that
I truly hope and pray that we are trying to set the right example for our young people to see
and follow. Then, we will be like the man referred to in Psalms 1:3, “he shall be like a
tree planted by the rivers of water that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also
shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper”.
“The Poor Shall Never Cease Out
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a part in this ministry.
Living Memorials Oldies With AMessage
….touch lives as they honor the memory I heard from several folks that did not know the old
of loved ones and friends. Gospel song, “It’s Real”, that was in the May newsletter.
Maybe you are not as old as me. This song was very
In Memory of popular in the 50’s; most all of the Gospel singers used
Frank and Esperanza Casas it when they were invited to sing somewhere.
by Martha Cashen
See if you remember this one. Let me know!
In Memory of
David McKinney NO ONE EVER CARED FOR ME
by Herbert and Jean McKinney LIKE JESUS
In Memory of I would love to tell you
Wilton and Rose Fiedler what I think of Jesus
by Herbert and Jean McKinney Since I found in Him
a friend so strong and true;
In Memory of I would tell you how
Otis Rosson He changed my life completely,
by Brad and Theresa Zimmerman He did something that
Thomas W. Sparavalo No other friend could do.
Angelina Savovich All my life was full of sin
Etta M. Schandelmeier When Jesus found me,
All my heart was full
In Memory of Of misery and woe;
Conner Bearuegard Jesus placed His strong
by Mrs. Erin Leslie And loving arms around me,
And He led me in the
In Memory of Way I ought to go.
S. L. Sims Everyday He comes to me
by Mary Sims With new assurance,
More and more I
* * * * * Understands His words of love;
In Honor of But I’ll never know just why
Anchorage Gospel Rescue Mission He came to save me,
For caring for those less-fortunate, upholding Till some day I see
laws/codes, supporting safe neighborhoods, His blessed face above.
acting on Christian principles, Chorus:
No one ever cared for me
and reminding others ̶ Thank You
Like Jesus,
by Roy and Frances Seater
There’s no other friend
Mark and Carol Wood So kind as He;
No one else could take the
In Special Memory of Sin and darkness from me,
All the Fathers and Grandfathers O how much He cared for me.
who are no longer with us
Your sons and daughters miss you dearly,
think of you fondly,
and dream of you often.
We will continue to pass along
the legacy of your love
to those who follow in your footsteps.
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“Thou shalt love thy ne
I’ve had several opportunities in the last couple of work at a Rescue Mission.” Spank! Didn’t see that one
weeks to recognize just how inadequate I am when it coming did you God? Talk about love thy neighbor;
comes to, “loving thy neighbor as thyself.” My instinct Two words for you, Sun Glasses. It’s getting bright in
is to be angry at God for being mean and pointing out here. I can feel the halo glowing over my head as we
this flaw in my spiritual character. This is also where speak. God one David one, Tied!
I begin to use my superior intellect to convince God
how wrong his is. I begin to show God all the ways I It would be nice if God would just accept the fact I
respond with love toward my neighbor. know more than Him and give up at this point but
nooo… He has to make His point by informing me the
Glenn Herman lost his home to a fire a few weeks ago Rescue Mission belongs to Him, He got me the job and
and I have, like the knight in shining armor I am, rallied the only reason I’m still working here is because He
by his side to help in any way I can, see I do love my puts up with my foolishness and loves me despite my
neighbor. Ha-ha! David one God zero! Of course God flaws. Let us not overlook the fact He pays my wages,
pointed out Glenn is my friend and the meager amount protects me from harm, and takes care of all my needs.
of help I’ve offered would have been given anyway. Then He does what God likes to do, He drives his
Eeerrr! No points on a technicality! argument home with a point! How much would I love
my neighbor’s at the Rescue Mission if He were to stop
Well what about the fact I took it upon myself, out of paying me? What would my attitude be if life were to
the goodness of my heart, to wash the volcano dust get really hard? Am I a Job? Sting! I hate it when God
from my next door neighbor’s car because she was out does that! Doesn’t He know how annoying it is when
of town. David one God zero! Well it did rain the next He’s always right?
day so I suppose this would be another instance where
I should have waited on God and didn’t. Ok another I’ll be the first to acknowledge the silliness of the
point lost on a technicality, I’ll give you that. proceeding conversation with God. Yet I often wonder
if this is what took place when Jacob wrestled with God
This is where God begins to play tough. He does so in Genesis 32:24. As insane as it is, I find myself having
by pointing out the only reason I bothered to rinse her some variation of this conversation with God all the
car off in the first place was because I know she is new time. You would think I had some kind of bargaining
to driving. I figured she wouldn’t be smart enough to power! I know the score is closer to God infinity David
know you can’t just wipe volcano ash off or you’ll 0 but I continue to argue my imaginary points despite
scratch the paint and possibly damage the windshield. knowing in my heart I’m wrong. Why do I do this?
In other words “I think she’s dumb.” In a letter to the Why do we do this?
Christians in Corinth, the Apostle Paul discusses the
importance of helping without judgment. God is the I suppose the character trait I find most endearing about
only judge. 1 Corinthians 4:5 says, “It is the Lord who God is how He loves me enough to invest time beyond
judges me.”Ouch! Lost a point on motive ok… ok… the argument. He loves me enough to, not only point
you got me there, God one David zero. out my character flaws but to also, bless my life with
situations to help me overcome those flaws. The flaw-
I really didn’t want to do this but I can see this of-the-Day in my life is “love thy neighbor as thyself”
is going to be more difficult that I first and the life situation I speak of is this:
My wife and I were attending our regular weekly Unfortunately I was not the only one who felt the
church service. As most of the services go at our service was over. There were two people behind me
church the Pastor, Dan Jerrall, was delivering a who began a loud conversation. About what, I don’t
message that seemed to be designed specifically for know because in an instance I lost focus on God and
me. What I failed to realize was God and Dan were it became all about me. They were robbing me of my
working hand in hand in order to teach me something joy! I wanted to hear this young lady sing a song and
about myself. The message was taught from the book how dare they do this to me! I began to sin in my heart
of First Timothy. A book showing us there are so many towards two of God’s children in the middle of God’s
distractions trying to pull us away from the simple living room. Talk about losing focus! I didn’t hear one
reality, God loves people, and the gospel is about God word of the song because of my anger. The truth is it
giving himself for our sake. We can’t add to or taking took me several days to finally reflect on the situation
away from this because it’s about receiving the gift of without becoming angry.
grace. This is a great message given at a time in my life
when I really needed to hear it. Finally I understand! I
was made in God’s image therefore I must love people, Once I was able to relax and reflect I came to the
give myself for their sake, and show unmitigated grace. realization I should have turned around and in a loving
Paul needed a whole book to teach us the very same Christian way explained how I was losing focus and
lesson Christ taught in a single sentence, “Thou shalt needed their help to regain it. I never know when God
love thy neighbour as thyself” has offered me an opportunity to be a servant. This
could very well have been one of those opportunities
and I missed it. Perhaps God was using me to show
Words cannot describe how liberating it is to have the them they were losing focus in church. Perhaps their
answers because now comes the easy part, applying the “Flaw-of-the-Day” was dealing with consideration. If
lesson learned to my life. Whew… I’m glad that’s over! this is the case I let God down all because I didn’t love
I can move on to the next thing on God’s honey do list. those people behind me enough to say something in
(Authors Note: Imagine the screeching sound of a a loving way. Shame On Me! At that point in time I
phonograph needle scratching across a vinyl record.) loved myself more than I loved them.
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CHARACTER
Two weeks ago I gave a short sermon from Romans strength of character, and character strengthens our
13, “Respect For Authority”. This chapter talks about confident hope of salvation. Learning to wait patiently
how our life style in recovery includes the way we is an important characteristic for us to develop, and this
relate to governmental authorities. Paul pointed out that program is specifically designed for that purpose.
government exists because God put it there. Therefore,
we need to submit to the government as we would In the real world, if you have a negative attitude towards
submit to God himself. In Ephesians 6:5-9, it is titled your employer, you’re gone. There might be some words
“Slaves and Masters”. This part of the chapter tells us exchanged, but you are the one with out a job. I have
that as slaves of “Christ” we should do the will of God seen this happen over and over, a person applies for a
job, some people don’t even ask what their salary is,
that’s because at the time, they are ready to do anything,
for any wage. Then after they get the job, after a couple
of weeks, they think that they know every thing and
want a raise. They haven’t even been there 90 days and
they want a raise, and then they start complaining about
doing too much work, and saying that the other person
isn’t doing as much work as they are doing. These types
of people have no character at all, and they always wind
up out of a job. There are over 6 billion people on this
planet, and they are hungry for work. Your employer
doesn’t have to put up with your attitude and neither do
the people at this Mission. Every last one of us can be
replaced, so who do you think you are Mr. Big Stuff.
Not only are you disrespecting your employer or the
with all of our heart. Work with enthusiasm as though staff at the Mission, you are disrespecting God, and He
you were working for the LORD rather than people. will bring this up on judgment day. Just about everyone
Remember that the LORD will reward each one of us has read First Corinthians, in the forth chapter Paul
for the good we do, whether we are slaves or free. In told Timothy to remind the Corinthians believers that
today’s time it would not be slaves and masters, but they needed to be held accountable to the truths they
employee and employer. had been taught and to encourage them to preserve in
their faith. Everyone here at “NewLife” is being taught
People enroll in the “NewLife” Recovery Program the Word of God and how to receive the Fruits of the
for different reasons. What ever the reason, we are all Spirits. We all know the rules here, so let’s just do our
taught the same thing, The Word of God. This program jobs and stop complaining. In James 5:9 the Bible says
is here to help us change from our old addictive habits, don’t grumble about each other, brothers and sisters, or
and become transform into disciples for our LORD and you will be judged. At times we may become frustrated
Savior Jesus Christ. Nobody said it was going to be and explode in anger just as David did in Psalm 39:1-
easy, in fact God said that He would see us through our 7, and just like David we should ask for forgiveness.
trials and tribulations, and the only way to do that is by Obedience to God’s program is one of the requirements
having faith. This program is designed for us to re-enter for spiritual growth.
society, let’s face it, we all messed up. That is why we
are here now. In Romans 5:3-4 we are told that when Cado Spates
we run into problems and trials, they will help us Phase 5 Disciple
develop endurance. And endurance develops
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